Biographies & Memoirs

"Tubbs' connection to these women is palpable on the page -- as both a mother and a scholar of the impact Black motherhood has had on America. Through Tub...

The Author's First Encounter With A Racialized America Came At Age Seven, When Her Parents Told Her They Named Her Austin To Deceive Future Employers Into T...

A Finalist For The Sheridan Morley Prize That Has Been Called Probably The Best Olivier Book For General Readers (kirkus Reviews), Philip Ziegler's Olivier ...

Will Boast Thought He'd Lost His Family, Until A Deeply Held Secret Revealed A Second Chance He Never Thought He'd Have. Having Already Lost His Mother And ...

Named one of The Guardian's "Best Books of 2016"From the author of My Brilliant FriendThis book invites readers into Elena Ferrante’s workshop. It offers ...

Believed by many to be one of the finest poets of his generation, Patrick Lane is also a passionate gardener. He lives on Vancouver Island, a place of uncom...

The life stories appearing in this volume come from communities where storytelling provides a customary framework for discussing the past. Angela Sidney, Ki...

Johann Sebastian Bach Holds A Singular Position In The History Of Music. A Uniquely Gifted Musician, He Combined Outstanding Performing Virtuosity With Supr...

Benefiting from the research of eminent Bach scholars, this Companion examines Bach's work in the context of his age. Categories: Arts & Photography M...

Finalist for the 2001 Pulitzer Prize in Biography. A landmark biography of Bach on the 250th anniversary of the composer's death, written by the leading Ba...

A Collection Of Highly Personal And Poetic Essays About Life, Literature, And Politics By The Renowned German Writer, Jenny ErpenbeckCategories: Literature ...

two Men, Each Handsome And Unusually Adept At His Chosen Work, Embodied An Element Of The Great Dynamic That Characterized America’s Rush Toward The Twenti...

"He is one of the most beloved athletes in history and one of the most gifted men ever to step onto a tennis court - but from early childhood Andre Agassi h...

The accessible, conversational autobiography of a successful physician who left his private practice because of the cruel realities of the American health ...

Recent polls identify Jane Goodall to be the most recognizable living scientist in the Western world. Her work with chimpanzees at the Gombe Stream Reserve...

A different kind of White House memoir, presidential speechwriter David Litt's comic account of his years spent working with Barack Obama and his reflection...

Obama Tells The Story Of His Improbable Odyssey From Young Man Searching For His Identity To Leader Of The Free World, Describing In Strikingly Personal Det...

John Bolton served as National Security Advisor to President Donald Trump for 519 days. A seasoned public servant who had previously worked for Presidents R...

This Book Looks At The Role Illegality Or Undocumentedness Plays In Our Society And Economy. It Shows How The Status Was Created, And How And Why People, Es...

an Intimate Biography Of The Great Songwriter, This Is Also A Deeply Affectionate Memoir By One Of Johnny Mercer’s Best Friends.“moon River,” “laura,” “sky...

A New York Times bestseller. From FOX & Friends Weekend cohost Pete Hegseth comes a collection of inspiring stories from fifteen of America's greatest...

Clive Cussler is acclaimed worldwide as the Grandmaster of Adventure, and his series of novels starring his action hero Dirk Pitt now have over 70,000,000 ...

Winner • 2021 An Post Irish Book Award ― Nonfiction Book of the Year • from the judges: “The most remarkable Irish nonfiction book I’ve read in th...

She is the heiress to a legacy of power, wealth, unfulfilled promise, and unspeakable tragedy. Her father was gunned down before a stunned world forty year...

Photography By Guy Oseary.Categories: Sports & Outdoors BiographiesBaseball

'brother West' Is Like Its Author: Brillant, Unapologetic, Full Of Passion, Yet Cool. This Poignant Memoir Traces West's Transformation From A Schoolyard Ro...

Universally known and admired as a peacemaker, Dag Hammarskjöld concealed a remarkable intense inner life which he recorded over several decades in this jo...

The Christing Of The World -- Mystical Body -- Rules For Everyday -- Work Should Be An Act Of Creative Love -- Life In Which One's Own Life Will Grow And Fl...

Written by the bestselling author of The Ice Man, The Butcher is a gripping and disturbing fly-on-the-wall account of the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administra...

Blending the intimacy of memoir and the panoramic sweep of eyewitness history, Wild Swans has become a bestselling classic in thirty languages, with more t...

For more than twenty-five years, The Best American Sports Writing has curated the year’s finest sports journalism. Continuing the tradition in a long line...

Trespass Is The Story Of One Woman's Struggle To Gain Footing In Inhospitable Territory. A Wilderness Activist And Jack Mormon, Amy Irvine Sought Respite In...

Political consultant Doug Schoen has been the power-behind-the-throne to Presidents, Prime Ministers and even a politician-priest whose brother was a mafia ...

New York Times best-selling author Iyanla Vanzant recounts the last decade of her life and the spiritual lessons learned-from the price of success during he...

Ever wonder what it takes to become an air traffic controller? Or how controllers make the whole complex system work? Life With a View is a memoir written ...

It never gets better, but it does get easier. That's the first thing Roz says to anyone who asks him for advice. Anyone who's fighting like hell, just hangi...

By Antwone Quenton Fisher And Mim Eichler Rivas.Categories: History United StatesState & Local

1. Introduction -- 2. Building Trust -- 3. Shredding The Evidence -- 4. The Getty Cuts -- 5. The Klein Cuts: Where Albertans Stand Now -- 6. The Leaky Repor...

The Death Of Someone We Hold Dear May Be Inevitable; Being Paralyzed By Our Grief Is Not. A Growing Body Of Research Has Revealed Our Capacity For Resilient...

Examines The History Of Behavioral Economics, Discussing The Theory Of Israeli Psychologists Who Wrote The Original Studies Undoing Assumptions About The De...

Author Chris Mathers has had one of those lives most of us cannot fathom. He is a well-known international authority on money laundering whose work has seen...

“The world has a way of defining you if you don’t know who you are before you get out there.” ―Candace Cameron BureAs a woman in today’s world, yo...

The long-awaited autobiography of legendary singer Tom Jones, following six decades of unparalleled experiences in the spotlight to coincide with his 75th ...

A Movement Seeks To Redefine Christianity. Some Think It's A Much-needed Progressive Reformation. Others Believe It's An Attack On Historic Christianity.ali...

The Sirius Xm Satellite Host, X Games Skateboarder, And Mma Fighter Shares How He Overcame His Violent Childhood In Australia And His Bout With Addiction, A...

Over a quarter of a century after its first publication, the great and simple wisdom in this book continues to influence women's lives. ...

A MEMOIR BY THE YOUNGEST RECIPIENT OF THE NOBEL PEACE PRIZE As seen on Netflix with David Letterman"I come from a country that was created at midnight. Whe...

a True Story Of: Lives Preserved In Spite Of Brutal Restrictions. Family Preserved Through Imprisonment And Long Separations. Faith Preserved In The Midst O...